MPEG2 streams recorded using Sony PlayTV on the PS3 are in a M2TS format. When I try to import these into DVD Author 3 or TMPGEnc 4 XPress, both applications will freeze. Would adding support for this format be added in future? Right now, I have to use an extra tool to convert the file to an MPEG2 file that can be used.

Thanks,

Richard

Hello Forum!

I read in this forum:
"the encoding speed of TMPGENC is faster, circa 10% (90% CPU, 10 % GPU)"

My question: where can I see this info in TMPGENC (working percent of CPU, and percent of GPU)? In one word, the "division of labour"?

I can't find this info panel in TMPGENC 4.0 Xpress.


Thanks!

It's just some text that shows up under the progress bar when you're outputting. You must have CUDA enabled to see it.

Also, just because it is using the GPU, it doesn't necessarily mean that it will be faster. In fact, I think you should turn off CUDA if you are not applying video filters.

TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 has been updated to version 4.0.2.14. Here's the revision list (it's long!). Hopefully they've addresses some of the issues you guys are seeing:

New: Intel Core i7 (Nehalem core) official support.
Fixed: The preview would sometimes partially display improperly and an error would arise when moving to stages containing a preview in the Cut-edit or Slideshow editor.
Fixed: Extended the character limit on an input QuickTime file name when using QuickTime 7.1 or later versions.
Fixed: An error would arise when outputting in BDMV/DVD target mode with a PAL track containing an MPEG file in the NTSC DVD-Video standard.
Fixed: An error would arise when returning to the Menu stage after deleting a track in the Source stage while the same track menu page was displayed in the Menu stage.
Fixed: A small audio defect would occur in a clip connection or cut-edit point when the audio output was set to the Dolby Digital format, resulting in an audio gap.
Fixed: Setting a track output format to BDMV 1920x1080i 25 fps would cause a verifier error.
Fixed: An error would occur when cut-editing/authoring an AVCHD source.
Fixed: An error would occur when using the chaptering tool on certain AVCHD data.
Fixed: Importation of a MPEG-2 TS file containing garbled data in the header would fail, or a long still picture would appear.
Fixed: Modifying the aspect ratio in the Clip properties would not be taken into account at the output stage when using the PV3 file reader.
Fixed: An error would occur and the preview would be black when importing an AviSynth's AVS file.
Fixed: Part of the picture would not display properly (it would become green) when moving the window in a multi-display configuration when in high-speed rendering mode under Windows Vista.
Fixed: An error would arise when maximizing a window shared in a multi-display configuration when in high-speed rendering mode under Windows Vista.
Fixed: An error would arise in the Clip properties stage of the Clip editing window when setting the audio configuration to bilingual then changing the video settings.
Fixed: Error messages would still arise after the "Necessary files for the application..." message appears when launching the Batch authoring tool.
Fixed: An error would still arise when importing a valid TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 with DivX Authoring project file after the importation of such a project file failed on a "File not found" error.
Fixed: Disabling the "Output the original pictures used for the slideshow" option in the Preferences no longer deletes the "PICTURE" folder during the output.
Fixed: The seek bar would behave randomly when clicked if the "Move the playhead to the clicked location in the seek bar" option was disabled in the preferences.
Fixed: The audio bitrate would become invalid and the verifier error would occur at output when smart rendering was applied to an LPCM 20 bit or 3 channel audio source in BDMV output target mode.
Improved: Performance optimization and reduction of the memory usage.

There are so many revisions, it wouldn't fit in a single post...

Menu Related Revisions
Fixed: The application would lock-up due to an internal error occurring while outputting a pop-up menu.
Fixed: A deadlock would occur under specific conditions when displaying the Global menu settings and changing the Item display tab settings in a sequence.
Fixed: An unexpected error would arise and the processing would become invalid when editing a background picture with the background audio set to a file that cannot be found.
Fixed: Pressing the PageUp key in the menu editor video/audio selector window would have the same effect than pressing the PageUp key.
Fixed: Video settings would not be reflected in the audio settings when using the video and audio from the same source in the menu background editor window.
Fixed: The Item display tab of the Track menu setting window now displays only the necessary items.
Fixed: Effects would not be applied to all the selected items of a menu.
Other Revisions
Updated: Writing driver updated.
Improved: The Writing tool now writes even when the addition of data is normaly not permitted on the media. This should solve playback problems encoutered in BD players with BD-R media.
Improved: Slideshow animation behavior slightly changed so the animation range is wider when resizing is in "Avoid border appearance" mode.
Fixed: Other various corrections.

Trial:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/taw4.html

Full:
http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/taw4_full.html

Yes, it looks like there are still a lot of bugs in the program. I would suggest that people wait another 6 months before buying it and not becoming a paying beta tester.
BTW, I've also noticed they haven't addressed the H.264 issue, which is one of the most significant failures in my book.

Is the incorrect duration the only problem you're having with H.264 files? How much is it off by?
Again, H.264 file durations show up correctly on my machine. Point me to a H.264 file that I can download (a video podcast for instance) that shows up incorrectly on your machine so I can download it.

What other bugs do you see in the program?

Sorry, seen your reply too late and my trial version has now expired so I can't give you more info. The only thing I can say is that I was using a file that was encoded with Nero Recode using H.264 codec and it was read by Corel DVD MovieFactory just fine (with the correct length of the clip). It looks to me that AW4 doesn't like the H.264 codec very much, because other people reported similar problems.

I think people were complaining about there being no h.264 blu-ray output, not about any import problems.

Personally as i have stated in the support emails ive sent, this software just like xpress should have stronger support for avs ie avisynth.

But yes you are correct there are loads of issues still not sorted, 1 of which being that if the encode has an issue without warning or leaving a error message the software will simply crash. Plus you are unable to do 2pass dvd encode with avs, but can only do cbr.

also about dvd navigation links which i will do a topic about.

Which is another thing the dvd links, i had a project which allowed to add a audio page, yet would allow any links and when you did the simlualtion, of course you couldnt even get to the audio page.

For those unaware, TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress has been updated to version 4.6.3.268. Here are the latest revisions:

Fixed: CUDA - CUDA usage would not display when at 0%.
Fixed: CUDA - A color error would appear when using the video noise filter.
Fixed: CUDA - "Simple duplication on stripes only" and "Inverse pulldown (reinforced anti-stripes)" deinterlace mode would not function properly.
Fixed: When used in a Core i7 environment, the determination of the number of CPUs would become invalid.
Fixed: An error would arise when rotating a picture in the Slideshow editor.


http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/te4xp.html

Coould you also make CUDA work under limited users also and not just on admin level accounts? Shouldn't be that difficult to implement, and at the same time it would be a great feature for companies that don't want to grant their users admin-level access! :)

Hello,

Since version 4.6.xxx the AVI conversion does not work for me any longer. I have to roll back to the latest 4.5.xxx version to still being able to use the program. If I click on AVI output format in any of the 4.6 version (that includes the latest update) the program just hangs and I have to shut down the process.

Sincerely,
Andy Vogel

It hangs when you select the AVI format in the Format stage, or it hangs when you try to output the file?

What AVI codec are you using/trying to output to? What format is your input file in?

I haven't run into any problems converting to AVI yet, but if you can tell me the above info, I'll try it out on my machine.

Hello,

It actually hangs when I try to convert a MPEG2 file into an uncompressed AVI file. It hangs right away when I just click on AVI as output file.

Hello tkrave,

Regardless of what file type the input file is in the newest version of the program I cannot even open the AVI conversion. Means I don't even get to the point to choose the AVI codec.

Thank you!


>Hello,
>
>It actually hangs when I try to convert a MPEG2 file into an uncompressed AVI file. It hangs right away when I just click on AVI as output file.

It's strange that it works in 4.5 but not in 4.6. AVI output has been working the same as usual on my machine.

Couple of things you can check and try:

1) Go to Options-->Preferences-->Input/Output format list, and see if there is a "+" in the Output column for AVI and Wave. There may be a problem with the program checking the AVI encoder if there is a "-" in the output column.

2) Try deleting the system config file for 4.0 XPress. This file is typically found in "C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\Application Data\Pegasys Inc\TMPGEnc4P". In this directory, there will be a file called "TMPGEnc4XP_SystemConfig.en" You can just add a number to the name or move it to a different directory instead of deleting it. After you've done so, start up 4.0 XPress and see if AVI output works.

3) See if you have the latest version of DirectX.

4)Uninstall and reinstall 4.0 XPress. It might just be a bad install.

It may also be a codec problem. Try comparing the codec list between version 4.5 and 4.6 to see if there is a difference.

To check your AVI codec list, go to Options-->Preferences-->AVI settings.

When 4.0 XPress is started, it only checks the input codecs. Then, when you reach the Format stage and select AVI output, it checks the output codecs. Since this is where you're getting the lockups, it's reasonable to think that a codec might be the problem. However it's still odd that it would work in 4.5 and not 4.6.

Would you mind sharing your codec list?

when i try to create menus and i want to edit the top menu and put in a picture file it gives me error code 0x8007000e and freezes the screen. what should i do

I've looked through the topics and I don't think I found this one.

My problem
I have a two hour concert that I added chapter breaks to in between songs

I want a title page that says "play all" and "song selection"

if you click "song selection" it takes you to the next page and shows the list of songs(chapters) and you can click whatever song(chapter) you want to watch.

I keep getting a page for each chapter instead of just one page listing all the chapters. I don't need thumbnails either, just the name of the song

thanks

Jon, I have done this same exact thing several times. When I get home tonite, I will try and document the steps for how I did it.

thanks!
I'll check back later. :)

Here is what I did. First off, I have just one long track that I edited and split into several chapters. I am going to assume that the menu has not yet been created.

- Click the "Menu" button.

- Select the 2nd option, "Create a custom menu..." and click Next.

- Select "Structure the menu in classic mode" amd click Next.

Across the top you will see a row of the various menus and other basic elements of the menu you will create. Highlight them one at a time and below you will see the various types of options for the selected menu or element. You'll then have to choose the option for the Top menu you like. For the Trac menu, choose one that is just text and has enough chapters shown to cover the chapters you have. If you select one that has less, you will get more than one track menu. Make your desired selections for your Navigation button, Thumbnail frame, and Background and then click Next.

- Select "Top and track menu" on the next screen and click Next.

- Choose the desired settings on the next screen that control what happens when the disc is inserted and track playback ends. Click OK.

You should now just get a top menu and a track menu. If you get more than one track menu, start over again by clicking the "Launch Menu Wizard" button and then selecting "Yes". This time try a Track menu thumbnail that has more chapters shown on it. It took me several tries to get mine right, and once I did I saved the menu as a template for later use on other similar projects.

Hope this helps!

That looks to be it! Thanks!!

Hello!


Where can be found a full, and actual list, that contains all of NVIDIA VGA cards, which cards support the CUDA technology (with TMPEG 4.0 XPress naturally)?


Thanks

Here's the list of CUDA-ready VGA cards:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

As for being compatible with 4.0 XPress...it seems that only the GeForce8800 GTX/GTS video card using the G80 core is the only one NOT supported so far.

I have a 8800GTS and the CUDA dialog is NOT enabled even if the card is CUDA 2.0 and drivers are the correct version!

any idaea ?

Hello!

I use TMPGENC 4.0 XPress with NVIDIA CUDA support.
I have a simple, low-cost Geforce 8400 GS VGA with 256 MB RAM.
If I switch on the CUDA in TMPGENC, the encoding speed of TMPGENC is faster, circa 10% (90% CPU, 10 % GPU).

My question: if I buy a new, stronger VGA card, with better GPU-the speed-increasing will be higher?


Thanks!

I think that if you have a powerful CPU the CUDA features are not used, that is why there is no difference in the speed, I guess this CUDA features are maily to be used for filtering functions.
good luck

I've reinstalled the program multiple times and I still receive this error every time I try to start a new project. The program just doesn't work.

I did some searching and the error may be related to windows media player DRM. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb614711.aspx

So you get this error before you can even import any files?
Have you contacted support about this error?

i have the same problem i think. I start TMPGEnc and i get an error message like the one you got. This was happening with version3 and then i installed version 4 and rebooted and got the same problem

"At address 6795515C, read error occurred against address 6795515C"

I have also run a checkdsk and a defrag with no results.

Have the same problem like hello said program does not work i can't even start a new project now i hope they refund or fix this never had a problem with their software before :(

Hi,

when I'm encoding with Mpeg2 Decoding for Cuda activated the app crashes every time. I've read the remark about the Mpeg2 decoding result. But it's just unusable.

Hi,

Which version of the NVIDIA driver are you using?

tried official WHQL 180.48 and Beta 180.70 doesn't matter which one - the result is the same

Well,

The problem seems to be existant on all Geforce cards, with a common deliminator of the hardware accelerated MPEG2 decoding.

The problem is that TMPGEnc seems to be trying to do the decoding using CUDA, which in fact it does not need to as it is supported in Hardware via the driver interfaces.

Decoding MPEG2 in Hardware via CUDA is not the best method and probably not supported anyways.

Hi, when I'm encoding my GTX-280 is clocking down to the 2D-Clock rates, resulting in a much longer rendering process (the estimated rendering time goes up)

normaly this clock down is controled by the workload but it clocks down anyway.

Is this a bug or a driver related problem?

It's a driver issue related to the power system regulator of the GTX200 series.

The latest drivers 181.22 address this issue but you also have to have 'preview' ON while decoding because the card ups the clock for videos and games but not just for basic desktop use which is how it is supposed to be. As long as you have these drivers and turn on 'preview' the card will use full speed to decode.